Chelsea Football Club is one of the most hot favourite clubs in the football world. They are commonly known as “The Blues’. The blues won the English premiere league 4 times & also won the UEFA Champions League once in 2011-12 season. In the 2015-16 season the London based football club finished 10th in premiere league table. Chelsea has more 7.5 million followers on the Twitter & more than 46.5 million fans on Facebook.

Full Name : Chelsea Football Club

Nick Name : The Blues

Short Name : CFC

Established : 10 March,1905

Ground : Stamford Bridge

Capacity : 41,631

Location : Fulham, London, England

Owner : Roman Abramovich

Chairman : Bruce Buck

Manager : Antonio Conte

Chelsea Football Club’s Wage Bills In Recent Years : Chelsea has the 3rd highest wage bill in premiere league in the ongoing 2016-17 season. Their total wage bill this season is estimated around £218 Million. Chelsea had the highest wage bill in the premiere league in 2015-16 season. Their wage bill in the last season was £215.6 million. In 2013-14 & 2014-15 they had wage bill around £190 million & £192.7 million respectively.

Highest Paid Players in Chelsea : Belgian superstar Eden Hazard is the highest paid player in Chelsea. He earns £200,000 per week. Spanish striker Diego Costa gets £185,000 a week. His compatriot Cesc Fabregas earns £156,000 & the weekly wage for the club captain John Terry is £150,000.

Chelsea Players Weekly Salary 2017-18

PLAYER

AGE

WEEKLY WAGE

CONTRACT UNTIL

Position

Country (Of Birth)

Thibaut Courtois

24

£120,000

3 Years (2019)

Goalkeeper

Belgium

Asmir Begovic

29

£60,000

3 Years (2019)

Goalkeeper

Bosnia & Herezegovina

Eduardo(new Signing)

33

£10,000

Last Year (2017)

Goalkeeper

Portugal

Kurt Zouma

21

£40,000

3 Years (2019)

Defender

France

Gary Cahill

30

£85,000

3 Years (2019)

Defender

England

David Luiz(new signing)

29

£120,000

3 Years (2019)

Defender

Brazil

John Terry

35

£150,000

Last Year (2017)

Defender

England

Marcos Alonso (new signing)

25

£70,000

5 Years (2021)

Defender

Spain

Cesar Azpilicueta

26

£70,000

3 Years (2019)

Defender

Spain

Kenedy (loaned out)

20

£5,000

4 Years (2020)

Attacker

Brazil

Branislav Ivanovic

32

£65,000

Last Year (2017)

Defender

Serbia

Ola Aina

19

–

4 Years (2020)

Defender

England

Nemanja Matic

28

£90,000

3 Years (2019)

Midfielder

Serbia

Mikel John Obi

29

£75,000

Last Year (2017)

Midfielder

Nigeria

Nathaniel Chalobah

21

£5,000

2 years (2018)

Midfielder

England

Cesc Fabregas

29

£156,000

3 years (2019)

Midfielder

Spain

N’Golo Kante (New Signing)

25

£110,000

5 Years (2021)

Midfielder

France

Ruben Loftus-Cheek

20

£35,000

5 Years (2021)

Midfielder

England

Oscar

24

£90,000

3 Years (2019)

Midfielder

Brazil

Eden Hazard

25

£200,000

4 Years (2020)

Midfielder

Belgium

Willian

28

£110,000

4 Years (2020)

Midfielder

Brazil

Pedro

29

£100,000

3 Years (2019)

Midfielder

Spain

Victor Moses

25

£45,000

3 Years (2019)

Attacker

Nigeria

Diego Costa

27

£185,000

3 Years (2019)

Attacker

Spain

Michy Batshuayi (New Signing)

22

£90,000

5 Years (2021)

Attacker

Belgium

Transfer Ins For Chelsea In 2016-17 Season : Last season was a disappointing one for the Chelsea fans. Champions of the 2014-15 season finished 10th in the league table last season & has brought in some exciting footballers like N’Golo Kante, Michy Basthuayi, Eduardo. They also sign spanish defender Marcos Alonso & David Luiz returning back from PSG on the summer transfer window 2016 deadline day.

Transferred In Player

Transfer Fee

Transferred From

Signed For (Years)

N’Golo Kante

£29 Million

Leicester City

5 Years

Michy Batshuayi

£33 Million

Marseille

5 Years

David Luiz

£32 Million

Paris Saint Germain

3 Years

Marcos Alonso

£19 Million

Fiorentina

5 Years

Eduardo

£5 Million

Dianamo Zagreb

1 Year

Chelsea is one of the biggest & richest clubs in the world & one of the biggest contenders of the premiere league. It’s owner Roman Abramovich has no shortage of money to give the players such high amount of salaries.